SS36
Encyclopedia
The Italian highway
36, Lake Como and Spluga (SS 36) is a major road in Lombardia. Constitutes the main access route to the Valtellina
and the Swiss canton of Grisons from Milan
and other cities in southern Lombardia.
The road begins from the square Lagosta in Milan
along Viale Zara
and Viale Fulvio Testi
, which are directed towards the north exit from Milan. The stretch of competence of the ANAS
start at 8590 km, near the exit Sesto San Giovanni
of the A4 (Highway A4). Shortly after the road pass the bypass north of Milan and enters the city of Monza
, where the road takes its name Viale Lombardia. This first leg, which crosses an area completely urbanized, it is a dual carriageway (three lanes per direction of travel except short) and has several at grade crossings (some of which are regulated by traffic lights). In 2008 work began prior to burial in an artificial tunnel of about 2 km, as demanded by the population since 1996 by the Association HQ Monza. The tunnel
will be ready in 2011.
From Monza begins the stretch known as the New Valassina, six-lane highway that crosses the entire Brianza
passing near Muggiò
, Lissone
, Desio
, Seregno
, Carate Brianza
, Verano Brianza
and Giussano
, which is in practice a bypass. Starting from the exit of Giussano, there is a reduction of lanes to a number of four. Most users of trafficking so far described, in fact, comes from the basin of Erba
. With this release, the road bends decidedly toward the east, heading towards Lecco.
After the release of Civate
, where the highway ended until 2000, the stretch-speed continues to Lecco and beyond with a tunnel in the Monte Barro
and a tunnel that crosses the center of the city. To cause the least possible disturbance to the city itself, the two rods of the tunnel has been dug over another, if very rare in Italy.
Lecco variant over the underground and the original track (which passed through the center of the city) are reunited for a short stretch that runs on the banks of Lake Como
. While remaining a dual carriageway, this tract is characterized by roads (i.e., there are no limitations of typical transit of main roads). Just before the center of Abbadia Lariana
begins Colico-Lecco highway, four lanes total, while the old route, a single carriageway, along the lake through all the coastal stations.
The two paths meet at the junction of Piantedo, where he started the highway 38 that crosses the Stelvio to the Valtellina Sondrio, Bormio and Bolzano. The state 36 instead to take the Valchiavenna, from which the short highway 37, Sankt Moritz to Maloja
.
Chiavenna from the highway 36 goes hand in its final stretch, with the road narrow and altimetry gradually climb up to over 2000 meters of Spluga Pass on the border with the Swiss canton of Grisons.
Superstrada Milano-Lecco-Colico
|-
!!align="center"|Typology!!align="center"|Indication!!align="center"|↓km↓!!align="center"|Province
|-
| || Monza
autodromo||align="right"|0,0 ||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
sud||align="right"|0,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Muggiò
||align="right"|1,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
centro||align="right"|2,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Desio
||align="right"|4,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
nord - Seregno
sud||align="right"|6,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Seregno
||align="right"|7,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Carate Brianza
||align="right"|9,2||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Verano Brianza
sud||align="right"|10,9||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Giussano
–Erba
(via vecchia valassina)||align="right"|11,8||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Verano Brianza
nord||align="right"|12,8||align="center"|MB
|-
| ||Arosio
- Briosco
||align="right"|15,9||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Fornaci||align="right"|17,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Capriano||align="right"|18,1||align="center"|MB
|-
| ||Como
–Bergamo
- Nibionno
||align="right"|21,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Costa Masnaga
||align="right"|23,8||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Molteno
||align="right"|25,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Bosisio Parini
||align="right"|28,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Annone
||align="right"|30,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Suello
–Erba
||align="right"|31,6||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Civate
||align="right"|34,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Olginate
SS 342 dir Garlate
||align="right"|38,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Lecco
Bione||align="right"|39,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Ospedale - Valsassina
sud||align="right"|39,6||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Centro||align="right"|40,7||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Lungolago||align="right"|45,9||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Abbadia Lariana
||align="right"|48,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Bellano
- Valsassina
nord||align="right"|71,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Dervio
- Val Varrone||align="right"|75,9||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Piona||align="right"|81,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Colico
SS 38 Sondrio
- Passo dello Stelvio||align="right"|87,4||align="center"|LC
|}
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
36, Lake Como and Spluga (SS 36) is a major road in Lombardia. Constitutes the main access route to the Valtellina
Valtellina
Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines...
and the Swiss canton of Grisons from Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and other cities in southern Lombardia.
The Path
The road begins from the square Lagosta in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
along Viale Zara
Zara
-Places:*Zara, Turkey, district in the Turkish province of Sivas Province *Zara, Italian, Venetian, German and Hungarian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar , former capital of Dalmatia, today in Croatia*Zara, Tibet, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China*Zara ,...
and Viale Fulvio Testi
Fulvio Testi
Fulvio Testi was an Italian diplomat and poet. Recognised as one of the main exponents of 17th century Baroque literature, he worked in the service of the d'Este dukes in Modena, for whom he held high office, such as the governorship of Garfagnana...
, which are directed towards the north exit from Milan. The stretch of competence of the ANAS
ANAS
ANAS S.p.A. is an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways and state highways under the control of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.-History:Founded on June 27, 1946, the company took immediately a government granting for the...
start at 8590 km, near the exit Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni
Sesto San Giovanni is a comune in the Milan metropolitan area, located in the province of Milan and region of Lombardy in Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost stop on the Milan Metro M1 line. The city is informally referred to as "Sesto"...
of the A4 (Highway A4). Shortly after the road pass the bypass north of Milan and enters the city of Monza
Monza
Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...
, where the road takes its name Viale Lombardia. This first leg, which crosses an area completely urbanized, it is a dual carriageway (three lanes per direction of travel except short) and has several at grade crossings (some of which are regulated by traffic lights). In 2008 work began prior to burial in an artificial tunnel of about 2 km, as demanded by the population since 1996 by the Association HQ Monza. The tunnel
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
will be ready in 2011.
From Monza begins the stretch known as the New Valassina, six-lane highway that crosses the entire Brianza
Brianza
thumb|250px|The [[Corni di Canzo]].Brianza is a geographical area at the foot of the Alps, in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy.-Geography:...
passing near Muggiò
Muggiò
Muggiò is a city in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 2009, it had a population of 23,500 and an area of 5.5 km²...
, Lissone
Lissone
Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....
, Desio
Desio
Desio is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.-History:In 1277 it was the location of the battle between the Visconti and della Torre families for the rule of Milan. It is also known as the birthplace of Pope Pius XI and the Arsenal goalkeeper, Vito Mannone...
, Seregno
Seregno
-Local Economy and Business:Seregno is positioned in the middle of one of the most economically productive areas in Italy with a high concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises. The total number of companies listed in Seregno is over 3,600, equal to about 6% of companies throughout the...
, Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza. The city lies at an altitude ranging from 230 and 300 m above sea level, on the Lambro river.- History :...
, Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,968 and an area of 3.5 km²....
and Giussano
Giussano
Giussano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan...
, which is in practice a bypass. Starting from the exit of Giussano, there is a reduction of lanes to a number of four. Most users of trafficking so far described, in fact, comes from the basin of Erba
Erba
-Places:China*Erba, Wuwei County , town in Wuwei County, Anhui*Erba, Harbin , town in Hulan District, HarbinItaly* Erba, Lombardy, a comune in the Province of Como* Caslino d'Erba, a comune in the Province of Como, Lombardy...
. With this release, the road bends decidedly toward the east, heading towards Lecco.
After the release of Civate
Civate
Civate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,898 and an area of 9.1 km²...
, where the highway ended until 2000, the stretch-speed continues to Lecco and beyond with a tunnel in the Monte Barro
Monte Barro
Monte Barro is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, It has an elevation of 922 metres....
and a tunnel that crosses the center of the city. To cause the least possible disturbance to the city itself, the two rods of the tunnel has been dug over another, if very rare in Italy.
Lecco variant over the underground and the original track (which passed through the center of the city) are reunited for a short stretch that runs on the banks of Lake Como
Lake Como
Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...
. While remaining a dual carriageway, this tract is characterized by roads (i.e., there are no limitations of typical transit of main roads). Just before the center of Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km northwest of Lecco. The village has c. 3.280 inhabitants and his name is due to the presence of an abbey founded in the IX century and later...
begins Colico-Lecco highway, four lanes total, while the old route, a single carriageway, along the lake through all the coastal stations.
The two paths meet at the junction of Piantedo, where he started the highway 38 that crosses the Stelvio to the Valtellina Sondrio, Bormio and Bolzano. The state 36 instead to take the Valchiavenna, from which the short highway 37, Sankt Moritz to Maloja
Maloja
Maloja may refer to:* Maloja , an administrative district in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.* Maloja Pass, an alpine pass in the Swiss canton of Graubünden....
.
Chiavenna from the highway 36 goes hand in its final stretch, with the road narrow and altimetry gradually climb up to over 2000 meters of Spluga Pass on the border with the Swiss canton of Grisons.
Superstrada Milano-Lecco-Colico
|-
!!align="center"|Typology!!align="center"|Indication!!align="center"|↓km↓!!align="center"|Province
|-
| || Monza
Monza
Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...
autodromo||align="right"|0,0 ||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
Lissone
Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....
sud||align="right"|0,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Muggiò
Muggiò
Muggiò is a city in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 2009, it had a population of 23,500 and an area of 5.5 km²...
||align="right"|1,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
Lissone
Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....
centro||align="right"|2,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Desio
Desio
Desio is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.-History:In 1277 it was the location of the battle between the Visconti and della Torre families for the rule of Milan. It is also known as the birthplace of Pope Pius XI and the Arsenal goalkeeper, Vito Mannone...
||align="right"|4,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Lissone
Lissone
Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....
nord - Seregno
Seregno
-Local Economy and Business:Seregno is positioned in the middle of one of the most economically productive areas in Italy with a high concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises. The total number of companies listed in Seregno is over 3,600, equal to about 6% of companies throughout the...
sud||align="right"|6,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Seregno
Seregno
-Local Economy and Business:Seregno is positioned in the middle of one of the most economically productive areas in Italy with a high concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises. The total number of companies listed in Seregno is over 3,600, equal to about 6% of companies throughout the...
||align="right"|7,5||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza. The city lies at an altitude ranging from 230 and 300 m above sea level, on the Lambro river.- History :...
||align="right"|9,2||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,968 and an area of 3.5 km²....
sud||align="right"|10,9||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Giussano
Giussano
Giussano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan...
–Erba
Erba (CO)
Erba is a comune of some 17,000 inhabitants in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy...
(via vecchia valassina)||align="right"|11,8||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza
Verano Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,968 and an area of 3.5 km²....
nord||align="right"|12,8||align="center"|MB
|-
| ||Arosio
Arosio
-External links:* * * * * * * Bird observatory...
- Briosco
Briosco
Briosco is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,676 and an area of 6.6 km²....
||align="right"|15,9||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Fornaci||align="right"|17,0||align="center"|MB
|-
| || Capriano||align="right"|18,1||align="center"|MB
|-
| ||Como
Como
Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
–Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
- Nibionno
Nibionno
Nibionno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco....
||align="right"|21,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Costa Masnaga
Costa Masnaga
Costa Masnaga is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco....
||align="right"|23,8||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Molteno
Molteno
Molteno is a comune and a hill-top town in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...
||align="right"|25,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Bosisio Parini
Bosisio Parini
Bosisio Parini is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco, on the shores of the Lake of Pusiano....
||align="right"|28,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Annone
Annone di Brianza
Annone di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...
||align="right"|30,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Suello
Suello
Suello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,587 and an area of 2.6 km². Lago di Annone is located on its borders.Suello borders...
–Erba
Erba (CO)
Erba is a comune of some 17,000 inhabitants in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy...
||align="right"|31,6||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Civate
Civate
Civate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,898 and an area of 9.1 km²...
||align="right"|34,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Olginate
Olginate
Olginate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco...
SS 342 dir Garlate
Garlate
Garlate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,630 and an area of 2.1 km²....
||align="right"|38,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
Bione||align="right"|39,1||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
Ospedale - Valsassina
Valsassina
thumb|250px|The Valsassina plateau.Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the province of Lecco.It is included between the Grigne range from West, and the Bergamo Prealps which, in a half-circle stretching from North to East, separate it from the valley of the area...
sud||align="right"|39,6||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
Centro||align="right"|40,7||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
Lungolago||align="right"|45,9||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km northwest of Lecco. The village has c. 3.280 inhabitants and his name is due to the presence of an abbey founded in the IX century and later...
||align="right"|48,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Bellano
Bellano
Bellano is a comune and small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina where the Pioverna forms a gorge before entering the lake....
- Valsassina
Valsassina
thumb|250px|The Valsassina plateau.Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the province of Lecco.It is included between the Grigne range from West, and the Bergamo Prealps which, in a half-circle stretching from North to East, separate it from the valley of the area...
nord||align="right"|71,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| ||Dervio
Dervio
Dervio is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located on the eastern shore of Lake Como, about north of Milan and about northwest of Lecco...
- Val Varrone||align="right"|75,9||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Piona||align="right"|81,4||align="center"|LC
|-
| || Colico
Colico
Colico is a comune in the province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. It is situated near the tip of the northern arm of Lake Como, where the river Adda enters the lake...
SS 38 Sondrio
Sondrio
Sondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
- Passo dello Stelvio||align="right"|87,4||align="center"|LC
|}
History and future development
The name New Valassina is due to the original design of the road, which aimed to connect the dock Erba with low BrianzaBrianza
thumb|250px|The [[Corni di Canzo]].Brianza is a geographical area at the foot of the Alps, in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy.-Geography:...
and Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, along the course of the Valassina
Valassina
The Valassina or Vallassina is the valley of the upper tract of the river Lambro, situated in the Larian Triangle in the Province of Como, northern Italy. The most important settlement in the area is the town of Asso, from which the valley takes its name...
, crossed the river Lambro
Lambro
For the river in Cilento, see Lambro . For the genus, see Lambro .The Lambro is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po....
. For political reasons the route was abruptly diverted to Giussano
Giussano
Giussano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan...
depriving the area of high Brianza a valid connection with the automotive capital of Lombardy.
Instead, the opening of the New Valassina has reduced considerably the time needed to travel between Monza and Lecco.
Of particular importance were the speeches made at Lecco, who led the opening 25 October 1999 of a variant that extends the stretch at speed up to pass the city, through the Tunnel Monte Barro
Monte Barro
Monte Barro is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, It has an elevation of 922 metres....
and the tunnel below the center of Lecco. Previously, the path from Civate went along Valmadrera, Malgrate and, through the Kennedy bridge to Lecco City.
Currently the road is involved in various projects for retraining in order to create a continuous path by the Milan-Colico features highway
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
them. Focal points of the matter remains the last remaining roads in between Lecco
Lecco
Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...
and Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km northwest of Lecco. The village has c. 3.280 inhabitants and his name is due to the presence of an abbey founded in the IX century and later...
, which should be achieved in a short time variant, and the complicated situation of the traffic in Monza. Viale Lombardia is characterized by traffic lights that cause a slowdown of traffic and the formation of queues especially during peak hours on weekdays. It was completed a project for construction by the 'ANAS
ANAS
ANAS S.p.A. is an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways and state highways under the control of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.-History:Founded on June 27, 1946, the company took immediately a government granting for the...
of an urban gallery of about 1800 meters, with the construction of new interchanges linking the state with the A4 motorway bypass and the north. The work began in January 2008 with some preliminary and will be completed in September 2011. The project is fully funded (230 million euros) from State, regional, provincial and municipalities of Monza, Cinisello Balsamo and Muggiò ALSI and Spa (South Lambro Spa water - the water purifier Monza and Brianza).
The Tunnel (Monza-Cinisello Balsamo) of 2013
In 1996 the association of "Committee San Fruttuoso", launched the idea of a tunnel instead of Viale Lombardia, one of the busiest streets in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, six-lane through the houses. The province responded with a proposed partial burial discovered, raised ramps and interchanges, the project immediately returned to the sender.
From 1996 to 2008, it spent twelve years full of surprises. The modern idea of a tunnel coalesces first civil society, mayors and former mayors, local politicians and even the world without distinction of party. The Province proposes remedies and the artificial tunnel. Anas, Region and other government agencies will try several times but without success, to clear this.
In 2008, the Minister of Infrastructures, Antonio Di Pietro
Antonio Di Pietro
Antonio Di Pietro is an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, an Italian Senator, and Minister of the Prodi Government...
, accepted to agrees to approve the project for the burial of the SS36 between Monza and Cinisello Balsamo.